A noteworthy salvage feat in the China Seas was performed by the China Merchants 8. N. Co.'s str. Hsin Ming, wh on Tuesday, on her last trip. On her way north she gighted the str. Hsin "Fung, which had lost her Propeller, about 30 miles west of Hooki Island. Captain J. H. Davis, of the Hsin Ming, took the Hein Fung in tow to Chefoo, arriving Jon December 12. On the return: trip the Hsin Ming took the disabled ship again in tow, and brought her to the mouth of the Yangtze where she was met by tugs and taken to dock for repairs. This trip from Chefoo necessitate? towing the Hsin Fung no fewer than 490 miles, while the distance traversed in taking her to Chefoo was 80 miles, making a total tow! Jof 570 miles in weather described Jas moderate to rough, at an average speed of about nine knots.
ptain to whom great] credit is due for this splendid piece arch which he carried 01 of deep sea salvage, and the des-
the operation, is a veteran on the China Coast where he has been for Jover 30 years. One of the old wind-jammer captains, which ere! now disappearing, he has been' known as a very able seaman, and this salvage operation, the
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